“It’s like a flat tire on the first day of a road trip,” Former Congressman Allen West said of the drama on the first day of the Republican National Convention. West also discussed the RNC theme of “make America great again,” the national conversation on police accountability, #BlackLivesMatter, and substantive policy proposals to address the Black community. Watch NewsOne […]
Allen West (R-Fla) demanded a recount after Nov. 6 elections results favored his 29-year-old Democratic opponent, Patrick Murphy. West, however, realized that he was even…
*Cue elevator jazz music now.* Ah, suki, suki now! We didn’t know whether to file this under politics or entertainment. Who knew that GOP Rep.…
Last year, U.S. Rep. Allen West proclaimed himself as “the modern day Harriet Tubman” who would lead black people away from the Democratic plantation into some sort of GOP land of milk and honey. That craziness not only exposed West’s ignorance of black history and the perverse extent of his willingness to pander to his […]
WASHINGTON-Allen West the Tea Party affiliated Republican congressman from Florida compared himself to abolitionist Harriet Tubman and the Democratic Party to the “plantation” in a recent interview with Fox News. Fellow Black Republican, Herman Cain has also compared the Democratic Party to a plantation. The Huffington Post Reports “So I’m here as the modern day […]
